Casper Star-Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 3

CASPER AREA taiy Thursday, Aug. 14, 1980 Star-Tribune, Casper, Center bonds approved Big crowd turns out for pet parade Most of the participating cats, however, watched the proceedings with typical feline reserve. Kittens, puppies, guinea pigs, rabbits, lambs, goats and even a salamander rode In the colorfully decorated wagons. Not to be outdone by their children, too, came In costume. Nine-year-old Cameron Lundblad of Antelope Hills sported a tattered shirt, cut-off Jeans and green tinged skin.

His goat carried a sign reading: "Billy the Kid and bis Incredible Pet Hulk." Cameron, who won the "Most Unusual Pet" award, said of the satyrnine pet, "His real name Is Horatio, but we call him Billy too." Bubbles, a St Bernard whose name belles his bulk, won the "Largest Dog" award. Misty Davis, his 4-year-old mistress, bid behind Bubbles but admitted shly that yes, she was having a good tune. And Bubbles? "He's kind of excited. This Is his first show," Mlsty's mother By KAREN VIK EUSTIS Of The Star-Trlbune Staff A chorus of woofs, meows, bah-bahs and eek-eeks greeted spectators at Casper's eleventh annual Pet Parade Wednesday morning. Some 400 brightly costumed children and pets walked, roller skated, bicycled and rode in crepe papered wagons along the parade route.

At City Park, the contestants both human and animal vied for the 26 prizes supplied by local merchants In categories ranging form "Best Dressed Pet" to "Fattest Cat" and "Girl With The Most Freckles." Competition was intense as dogs and cats In tu-tus, full cowboy regalia and bibby baby clothes marched past the Judges with their owners. THE CANINE CONTINGENT appeared less than pleased with its recently acquired costuming. One annoyed terrier testily kicked off the print skirt that matched her mistress' garb. said. FERRET FAWCETT (also known as Squeaky) and his 8-year-old mistress, Holly Stone, kept a safe distance from Bubbles' enormous paws.

Squeaky, dressed in a pink frock and curly orange wig, nestled contentedly In Holly's arms. "He's well-behaved as long as the dogs don't bother him," said Holly's father, Mike Stone. Judy Ackerley, grandaugbter of Mrs. E. E.

Fender of Casper, won the grand prize with the Fenders' basset hound, JaquesLeMoose. Jacques, his long body encased in a pink tank top, appeared unimpressed by his notoriety. "He's tired," Mrs. Fender said. "Jacques is a lazy dog, and this is an exhausting experience." Judy won a bicycle supplied by The Star-Tribuoe, co-sponsor of the parade with the Casper Humane Society and Community Recreation.

The Casper Events Center A rated bonds were approved for sale Tuesday nightand, according to a broker handling the sale, will probably be all sold by this morning. Boettcher 4 Co. broker Tack Baker said the municipal bonds were offered for sale Wednesday, after the Casper-Natrona County Joint Powers Board approved the $17 million bond Issue Tuesday night. All but about 300,000 bonds had been sold by 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Baker said, and sale "may be all done by tonight." Most of the buyers are banks, but Baker said he has sold some to individuals.

The Joint powers board is using the bonds to borrow money to help finance construction of the Casper Events Center. The face value on each bond is $1,000, and there are three maturities during the next three years, Baker said. Depending on the maturity date, the borrowed money will cost Casper between 6.10 percent and 6.35 Moody's Investment Service of New York gave the bonds an A rating on Aug. 4. Proceeds of the bond sale will be used to generate a financial cushion for the construction of the arena.

Although the city has set aside a reserve fund for unforeseen expenses, Erickson Earn the top any bank here by saving Buffalo Creek Ranch declared hazard said several weeks ago that he thought the 1 reserve wouldn't be enough. Bond sale monies will be deposited in an escrow account to help pay bondholders in three years: Meanwhile, the city will Invest the $17 million In optional sales tax monies and other funds it has already set aside. Carrier Subscription Rates p.rwP.??.,.?.o.n.,??y...$,.,$ 4 Weeks $5.40 13 Weeks $17.5 2 Weeks $35.10 52 Weeks $70.20 Mail Subscription Rates 4Wtrti $4.75 UWmki $20.23 2t Weeks $40.50 SJ Weeks $75.00, Sunday Mail Subscription Rates months $13.00 imonthi $24.00 I Veer $45.00 II you fall to receive your copy of the Star-' Tribune during the weak by 7:00 A.M.' pleote call 237-8451 bafora 10:30 A.M. your Sat. or Sunday paper does not arrive please call between 7:00 A.M.

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interest paid by You earn it right with us. National Bank We're for you. CSV-11 JUDY ACKERLEY Grand prizewinner to health However, Morgareidge said those documents have been refused, and he cannot afford the $1,500 fee charged by an engineer to perform the test. About 3 miles of new pipeline to transport water from a new well to the main ranch buildings was recently installed, said Morgareidge. "The health officer didn't check the new water system or the well that it's coming from," the rancher said.

Although Morgareidge posted signs at the ranch 'about contaminated water supplies, Anderson said the ranch owner failed to provide any alternative source of freshwater. "WE DON'T want to see the ranch closed down or the man fined," said Anderson. "We want to make sure If this gentleman runs a dude camp It is done in a safe and sanitary manner." But If Morgareidge "is not going to cooperate, we're going to close It down." Morgareidge said employees of the ranch caused most of the problems that he now faces. "It isn't all my fault. It's the people who I supposedly have working for me.

"Regardless of what you give that type of people, they are going to destroy it. Some people can-tear up a steel ball. "If they don't want to close me down they should find me some decent help. I need some low-income help and I haven't been able to find any," Morgareidge said. shares of the estimated $21 million available for sewers, streets and recreation facilities.

Natrona County voters will be asked in November whether to continue the present four-cents-on-the-dollar sales tax for another two years. Of those four cents, the state gets two and the local community gets two. The committee, which the City Council and County Commissioners appoint, will meet again on Aug. 18 and Aug. 25.

ML T' By DIANE NESTE Of The Star-Tribune Staff The Buffalo Creek Ranch has been declared a public health hazard and an Injunction is expected to be filed In District Court today seeking to close the ranch until health standards are met. The ranch, which Is 23 miles north of Armlnto, has been the subject of a yearlong Investigation by the Natrona County Health Department. Dr. Walter Watson, county health officer, declared In a letter Tuesday to the county attorney's office that the ranch was a public health hazard and a nuisance. Deputy County Attorney Mike Huber said Wednesday be plans to file papers for "injunctive relief," asking the court to put an end to use of inadequate facilities and unsanitary conditions there.

Ranch owner, Dick Morgareidge said Tuesday that although he has posted, eviction notices at the ranch since the first of the month, five of bis seven employees have stayed on the property. "Nobody was living there in the blind," be said. operated as a dude ranch, the administrator claims, and has never been granted a licence to do so. "That's a lie," said Morgareidge of the dude ranch charge. "There is no dude aspect at all.

I have tome water taps" used by hunters In self-contained vehicles, but the ranch has never been "advertised or publicized" as dude ranch, he said. However, Morgareidge said he has advertised the ranch as a guest ranch In such outdoor magazines as Field and Stream, but never as a dude Morgareidge said that last bunting season he had 550 hunters stay at the ranch. No license Is needed for a guest ranch facility, he said. But Anderson said any resort, dude ranch or special camps must be licensed by the health department and the Buffalo Creek Ranch has never been issued such a license. Addressing the charge of sewage on the surface of the ground, Morgareidge said it is "absolutely false.

There Is no sewage on the surface of the ground." MORGAREIDGE claims he has paid for four sewage permits, but the health department has refused to give him the permits unless an engineer performs percolation tests. The rancher says he has furnished the health department with documents from the Soil Conservation Service that shows the property has a rapid percolation rate. per year current rate effective August 14, 1980. We pay this top rat on six-month Money Market Certificates, $10,000 mlnimumt. No fees, no service charges to open a Money Market Certificate.

No bank can pay you more. Don't bash your TV yet; just twist that UHF knob This is the top rate permitted by law. To arrange for a Money Market Certificate call 235-7654 or stop In and see Phyllis Hedrlck. Sales Tax Committee to meet Warning i in ii "IF I WANT to sit here in a health hazard that's my business I don't know how they can file anything against me," he said. "Whatever basis they are filing on Is false." About a dozen bead of cattle, horses and sheep are at the ranch, Morgareidge said.

Hay and alfalfa are also raised on the acreage. Nix Anderson, administrator of the Health Department, cited three areas of alleged violation, and said Morgareidge has refused to cooperate with health officials to correct the situation. Water at the ranch Is unpalatable and has been contaminated by sewage bacteria, Anderson said. Sewage at the ranch is lying on the surface of the ground and In some cases employees are defecating In bags, and throwing the bags into an open pit. Sewage from one trailer on the ranch flows through a pipe and empties on the surface of the ground, while sewage is seeping out of another trailer, Anderson said.

The Buffalo Creek Ranch Is being stopped watching. Some TVs never even had UHF knobs to twiddle. Be that as It may, there are two big steps to the beginning of the end of the valiant video-quest. Bear in mind that this advice is for those who do not subscribe to a cable TV service. For cable users, KCWY Is on Channel 10, and KTNW Is not yet available.

FIRST, TAKE a good look at the front of the TV, or Its side, depending on how it's built. Close by the VHF channel knob there should be another knob about the same size. That's the UHF knob. Turn the VHF knob (the old one) to right between the 2 and the IS. Now turn the UHF knob (the one you Just found).

If It clicks, then turn to the right channel, 14 or 20. If It doesn't, fear not; tune It like a radio dial. If you can't find a UHF knob anywhere, that means you have a really old TV set, one built before 1962 or so, and you're In trouble. Buy a new TV set If you have no knobs at all, you've got a really new set, with buttons. There should be enough buttons for all the channels.

If not, consult with the owner's manual for details. We're halfway there. Unplug the set, and look at the back. Right where the antenna leads connect with the set, there should be two forlorn, unused screws, with "UHF" right next to them. THERE SHOULD be a wire loop antenna attached to them.

Chances are, though, you chucked it a long time ago, because It got In the way. Try to find It, or buy a new one, or use a coat hanger, and screw it on. Try fiddling with the UHF knob again. With any luck, you should be able to find KCWY-14 and KTNW-20. If the reception Is fuzzy, you might want to try a root antenna.

Most newer roof antennas can handle both VHF and UHF. If In doubt, talk to the guy who installed it, if you know who be Is. He may have to drop a lead from the antenna down to the TV, which will cost money, but It's better than your falling of the roof If you have cable service, do not connect the cable leads to the UHF screws It won't do any good and it might damage something expensive. Buy a separate antenna to get Channel 20. KCWY is already on cable Channel 10 for cable subscribers.

If all else falls, you might try a good book. It's probably better for you anyway. Casper, WY 307266-1 100 Member FDIC Deposits Insured to $100,000 by the FDIC Federal lw and regulations require substantia penalty for early withdrawal, ftdtral rtgulatlont prohibit compounding of Interest on these accounts. The One Cent Sales Tax Committee will hold Its second public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the City Council Chambers, CityHall.

The committee of six Is charged with weeding out local governments' request! for using optional one-cent sales tax money and deciding which projects will get the money. Casper city and Natrona County officials have already made their first pitch for sale tax monies, and want to use their Don't Toll Si cdin throw money away, sell today. Call: 266-3333 free anywhere in Wyoming: 1-800-442-9616 By JOHN WHEATON Of The Star-Tribuoe Staff put a hammer through your picture tube Just yet. That old clunker of a set really can pick up the two new TV stations transmitting to Casper. Until Tuesday, Casperites have never had to use that big knob marked "UHF." Nor did they ever have to book up wires to the mysterious pair of antenna screws In the back of their sets in order to see prime-time favorites.

But KCWY-Cbannel 14 and Channel 20 may have made life a little more confusing for TV buffs. Both new stations broadcast in the ultra high fre- quency (UHF) band, and if a viewer has never lived in a town Infested with such animals, be might become a bit frustrated trying to find Walter Cronklte or the late-night movie of his choice. For nearly two decades after TV broadcasting began in this country, nearly all broadcasting used the 12 channels 2 through 13 of the Very High Frequency (VHF) band. NO TECHNICAL reason for the limitation existed. But set manufacturers many of them owned by companies that also owned VHF broadcasting stations saw little need to equip sets to receive the 69 channels 14 through 83 that were available in the UHF spectrum.

Then in 1962 Congress passed the All-Channel Receiver Act, which required all TV sets manufactured or sold in the U.S. to be equipped to handle UHF transmissions. UHF remained a second-class citizen, in part because the signals are not as strong as VHF, In part because the VHF stations had grabbed the coveted network affiliation contracts for many areas, and In part because viewers weren't used to tuning in to UHF broadcasts. UHF had Its own dial on the TV, sure, but getting the channels in tune was a chore. The knob didn't go "click" when you turned it, as the VHF knob did, so finding a station in the dark was pretty hard.

UHF channels also never seemed to come In very well, perhaps because that little wire loop antenna on the back of the TV didn't work properly. So people who might want to watch a program on Channel 25 got sick of listening to something hiss all the time in Mr. Roger's neighborhood, not to mention seeing the disconcerting ripples in Fred's face, and.